Frustrations
Sea Topaz
Duncan Briggs
Tue 10 May 2011 10:19
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We have been working very hard for the last six
weeks or so to get the boat ready for the next season and we are nearly there.
The hull is polished and antifouled. Engine and generator serviced and so it
goes on. We have sent the windows away to Brisbane to have them re-sealed, had a
new "conservatory" build over the cockpit so we can sit in comfort when the
weather is not so good. And we have been waiting for the steering box, which was
sent for repair in UK after the guy in Sydney could not cope with it. This
arrived today after a few frustrating days of tracking and trying to find out
where the parcel was. Only to find out that the steering box is in bits and some
parts are missing... It turns out (after a phone call) that the guy in Sydney
sent the box to UK in parts and did not send all the parts. So now what to
do..??
It looks like we will not be going into the water
just yet. We will let you know when the time comes.
  Playing
boules at someone's house
Taking the windows out
  The new "conservatory" in
progress
The finished product
with windows
 All polished and antifouled
ready to go...
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